ABOUT THIS BLOG
PRIMARY AUDIENCE: This blog is intended primarily for those who might be interested in what our small (but vigorous) little Department of Instructional Technology (INTECH) at McDaniel College is doing, thinking about doing, trying to do, succeeding at doing, failing at doing, frustrated about not doing as well as we want, and pleased about doing what we actually do.
That covers a lot of area. And almost certainly to a pretty small audience. But the hope is that this less formal, more chatty version of our official InTech Blog and our official InTech News will communicate on a more regular basis (and in a more informal style) to all interested parties what we are all about, day in and day out.
SECONDARY AUDIENCE: I don’t know if there really ever will be a secondary audience. But a secondary direction I intend to take here is to occasionally comment on issues that really matter to me–instructional design, distance learning, and virtual worlds.
I should hasten to add that the opinions stated in this blog are my own. This is Steve Kerby’s blog, after all. And while I’ll not often get political about instructional technology, I do have definite ideas in the area of teaching, learning, and technology that I am fairly certain are not shared by all at McDaniel.
Of course, it would really be strange if they were.
But whether you fall in one or both of the categories above, I hope you’ll find this blog interesting enough to subscribe to or return to regularly.
ABOUT ME
Currently, I’m Director of Instructional Technology at McDaniel College. The position I had before McDaniel was Assistant Dean of Distance Education in the Graduate School at University of Maryland University College.
My most recent degree (2008) is a Masters in Distance Education from The University of Maryland University College and The University of Oldenburg.
From 1989 to 1998, while in a Ph.D. program at the University of North Texas in English Literature, I was an itinerant adjunct (if it’s Tuesday, it must be York) at a number of colleges and universities–in Texas, Maryland, and Pennsylvania–mostly teaching Freshman writing and Sophomore Lit. I loved those years more than I can say, but I gave up the ghost of that career in 1998 and have worked exclusively in Distance Education and/or Instructional Technology ever since.
